HTC One (M8) to likely receive Android 5.0 update with Sense 6 instead of Sense 7

HTC announced last month that One (M8) and One (M7) will receive the Android 5.0 Lollipop update “within 90 days of receiving final software”. Last week, leaked screenshots of the device showed the Android 5.0 update with a layer of Sense 7 UI over it.

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Motorola Moto X (2014) Benchmarks

Motorola Moto X 2014 Benchmarks

Motorola launched the new Moto X in India back in September for Rs. 31,999. We brought you the complete review of the smartphone recently, here we have the benchmarks of the smartphone. It is powered by a  Snapdragon 801 processor with four 28nm HPm Krait 400 CPU clocked at 2.46 GHz and has Adreno 330 GPU. It has a 5.2-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) AMOLED display and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat) OS. Check out the benchmarks below.  Continue reading “Motorola Moto X (2014) Benchmarks”

Lava Iris Fuel 50 with 5-inch display, 3000mAh battery launched for Rs. 7799

Lava Iris Fuel 50

LAVA International has launched Iris Fuel 50, the company’s first smartphone in the new Fuel series with a 3000mAh battery that promises 1.5 days of battery life. It has a 5-inch FWVGA IPS display, powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 8-megapixel autofocus rear camera with dual LED flash and 2-megapixel front-facing camera. It comes with dual SIM support and 3G connectivity. Continue reading “Lava Iris Fuel 50 with 5-inch display, 3000mAh battery launched for Rs. 7799”

Samsung Galaxy A5 and Galaxy A3 with slim unibody metal design announced

Samsung Galaxy A5

Samsung has officially announced the Galaxy A5 and Galaxy A3 smartphones in its new A Series, after several rumors.Both these smartphones have full metal unibody, slim designs. These are Samsung’s slimmest smartphone to date. The Galaxy A5 is just 6.7mm thick and the Galaxy A3 is 6.9mm thick. These are aimed at young and trend conscious consumers, says the company. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy A5 and Galaxy A3 with slim unibody metal design announced”

Amazon Appstore offers over $115 worth apps and games for free for limited period

Amazon free apps offer Oct 2014

Amazon Appstore is back with another free apps offer. Today the company has announced that it would offer 39 paid Android apps and games worth over $115 for free on the Amazon AppStore starting Thursday, 30th October to Saturday, 1st November 2014. Last month the company offered 27 apps worth $135 for free . This time it offers some interesting apps like, Endomondo Sports Tracker PRO, Plex and games like Fruit Ninja, World of Goo, Plants vs. Zombies, Sonic Hedgehog 4 Episode I and more. Continue reading “Amazon Appstore offers over $115 worth apps and games for free for limited period”

Angry Birds Transformers now available for Android

Angry Birds Transformers

Rovio, creators of popular Angry Birds game has launched Angry Birds Transformers for Android, couple of after it was launched for iOS, as it promised. This has a different gameplay, compared to other Angry Birds themed games. It has Autobirds, brave band of heroes that features Red as Optimus Prime, Chuck as Bumblebee and more. These have lasers and turn into cars. The Autobirds can’t save Piggy Island on their own – to stop the EggBots they’ll need to join forces with their arch rivals the Deceptihogs. Continue reading “Angry Birds Transformers now available for Android”

Intex to launch new start screen interface for its smartphones based on Start by Celltick

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After Karbonn, Intex has partnered with Celltick to launch an intelligent interface for its Android smartphones, based on Start launcher. The company already announced that OEMs can partner with them to create own flavor of Start. Celltick will become the default start screen interface on Intex’s Android smartphones. Continue reading “Intex to launch new start screen interface for its smartphones based on Start by Celltick”

Metis Eddy G70 Kids tablet Photo Gallery

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Metis Learning launched Eddy G70, an Android-based learning tablet for kids in partnership with Intel for Rs. 9999 in September. Designed specially for kids, the tablet runs on Android 4.2.2 with an overlay of the proprietary Athena OS. We have already seen the unboxing of the Eddy tablet and now lets take a detailed hardware look at the tablet.

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Google Play Movies and TV app for Android updated with Material Design and second screen

Google is rolling out an update to Play Movies and  TV app  for Android with Material Design UI. This means, the app will get larger images and bright colors that makes the UI colorful and attractive.

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Google Nexus 6 goes up for pre-order and runs out of stock

Google’s latest flagship smartphone Nexus 6 went up for pre-order on Google Play Store. However, the phone was sold out within 30 minutes.That includes both the Midnight Blue and Cloud White colors in both the 32 GB and 64 GB options.

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Huawei Honor X1 Photo Gallery

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Huawei launched the Honor X1 tablet in India last week at a price tag of Rs. 19,990. This was introduced as MediaPad X1 back in MWC 2014 earlier this year. We brought you the hands-on impressions of the tablet from the event, here we have the photo gallery of the Honor X1 tablet.

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YouTube debuts WatchMe for Android, brings live broadcasting to apps

YouTube has released a new open source project that will allow developers to integrate live streaming into their apps. Dubbed as WatchMe, the project is available on GitHub.

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Huawei Honor 4X with 5.5-inch HD display, Snapdragon 410 SoC announced

Huawei Honor 4X

Huawei has announced the Honor 4X smartphone for the Chinese market. It has a 5.5-inch HD display, powered by a 1.2GHz quad-core Snapdragon 410 processor with Adreno 306 GPU and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat) with Emotion UI 3.0 on top. It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. It has dual SIM support and even has 4G LTE connectivity. Continue reading “Huawei Honor 4X with 5.5-inch HD display, Snapdragon 410 SoC announced”

Lenovo A7-30 3G Tablet with voice calling launched for Rs. 9999

Lenovo A7-30 3G

Lenovo has launched the A7-30 3G tablet, few months after launching the 2G variant of the tablet. It has the same 7-inch (1024 x 600 pixels) capacitive multi-touch display, 1.3 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT8382M processor, 2-megapixel fixed-focus rear camera and a 0.3-megapixel (VGA) front-facing camera. Continue reading “Lenovo A7-30 3G Tablet with voice calling launched for Rs. 9999”

Samsung Galaxy A5 price and specs revealed by a retailer

Samsung Galaxy A5 aka SM-A500 is one of the three smartphones in the A series. We have already seen photos  and specs of the phone over the past few months via leaks. Today, the price of the phone has been revealed by a retailer in Kazakhstan.

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